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We had a Friday night tradition in our house of ‘Family Movie Night‘ and a big hit with my kids was caramel popcorn (now a big hit with my kids is staying out all hours of the night, doing God knows what, but I digress….) While the kids would be choosing the movie I wouldContinue reading “Caramel Popcorn (made somewhat easy)”

April 5, 1965 –The first motion lamp was designed in 1963 by an engineer, Edward Craven Walker, who sold it under the name Astro Lamp. In 1965, two American entrepreneurs, Adolph Wertheimer and William M. Rubinstein, saw the lamp displayed at a German trade show and were in awe at its beauty. They bought theContinue reading “Happy Lava Lamp Day”

It was on this day in 1614 that Pocahontas married John Rolfe (and not John Smith) in the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia. The story of Pocahontas has become an American legend; it’s been retold countless times, in history books, novels, poems, TV shows, and movies. Many versions distort the facts by focusing on Pocahontas‘Continue reading “Pocahontas”

April 5, 1987 –The first prime time television series to air on Fox, Married… with Children, premiered on this date. One of the show’s creators said the reason Ed O’Neill was cast was that when he was auditioning for the pilot, he was required to simply walk through the front door into the Bundy home.Continue reading “TV series premiere on Fox TV”

April 4, 1883 – American inventor and founder of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Peter Cooper died on this date. Among his many accomplishments, he obtained the first American patent for the manufacture of gelatin. His patent was sold to the makers of Jell-O. And so it goes

April 4, 1841 – William Henry Harrison was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. He took the oath of office on March 4, 1841, an extremely cold and windy day. People told him, “Think what your mother would say – Take a coat, it’s cold.” Nevertheless, he facedContinue reading “The death of the Ninth President”

April 4, 1983 –NASA launches the Space Shuttle Challenger on its maiden voyage into space from the Kennedy Space Center on this date. The shuttle is named for the British Naval research vessel HMS Challenger, which sailed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans during the 1870s. And so it goes

April 4, 1964 –The Beatles set an all-time record on the Top 100 chart of Billboard magazine this day, holding an unprecedented twelve positions on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on this date. The Beatles accounted for 60 percent of the entire singles record business during the first three months of 1964. Those singles byContinue reading “The Beatles set an impression record”

April 3,1956 –Elvis Presley performed on The Milton Berle Show. The show was broadcast live from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock. Elvis played the songs Heartbreak Hotel, Money, Honey, and Blue Suede Shoes. I would not suggest that you place you hand upon the screen – the power you feel emanating from the TV isContinue reading “Elvis on The Milton Berle Show”

Ramadan is a period of 30 days determined by the Islamic calendar where Muslims across the world fast from sunrise to sunset. The span of 30 days is different each year when basing it off of the Gregorian calendar which is what we use. It is a time where Muslims try to break bad habitsContinue reading “Ramadan Mubarak”